The Impact of British Colonization on Virginia, Maryland, and the Carolinas
This analysis explores the factors contributing to British colonization in the New World, particularly focusing on the colonies of Virginia, Maryland, and the Carolinas. It discusses the challenges faced by early settlers, including the environmental factors in Virginia such as swamps and disease, the economic drivers like tobacco cultivation, and the evolution of political structures like the Virginia House of Burgesses. The text highlights the social and economic changes following English Protestantism and the effects of labor systems including indentured servitude and later, African slavery.
The Impact of British Colonization on Virginia, Maryland, and the Carolinas
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Colonial Beginnings Virginia Maryland Carolinas
Cause and Effect Chains: British Colonization in the New World English Protestantism Queen Elizabeth I Spanish Success in the New World English Colonial Failures Enclosures Primogeniture Economic Depression Joint Stock Company Peace with Spain
Virginia - Jamestown Colony 1607 • The Trading Post Model • The Death Trap Syndrome • Tidal River Explanation: • Fecal pollutants • Swamps: malaria • Summers were the dying time • The Starving Time • Anglo Powhatan Wars • 1610-14 • 1622 • 1644-46 • The Survivor Show Model • 1500 of 8000 by 1624 • The Economic Problems • Younger Son Syndrome • Early economic thrust • Tobacco • John Rolfe, Santo Domingo • Output • 1618-30,000 lbs • 1627:500,000 lbs • Indentured Servitude 3 Schemes • 1612, 1616, 1624
Planter Negative incentives Use of Force Don’t work well Positive incentives Offered tools shorter contracts Very common and effective Indentured Servant 7 Years No incentive to work hard Planter Indentured Servant Relationships
1619 the Year of Change • The Virginia government model established: The Virginia House of Burgesses - 1st American Representative government • Colonial permanency Boat load of women arrive - • Changing labor scheme: Shipment of Africans (Dutch traders)
Virginia Social, Political, and Economic Evolution • Virginians shared a low quality • of life prior to 1642 • 1642 8,000 residents • Enter: Sir William Berkeley • 1675- 40,000 • Cavalier migration • Royalist immigrants • Many servant-immigrants • ages 15-24 During this period a ruling elite evolved from the Royalist families who controlled Virginia government
Restoration Colonies Maryland Carolinas South Coastal West Indies link rice and indigo Barbados slave code Inland North: Virginia farmers tobacco Catholic Elite Attempted manorial system Tobacco as a cash crop Backcountry farmers - Protestants Gain political superiority